Matisse on Art

by Flam, Jack D.

• ISBN13: 9780520200326
• ISBN10: 0520200322
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

The major writings of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), with the exception of the letters, are collected here along with transcriptions of important interviews and broadcasts given at various stages of Matisse's career. Jack Flam provides a biography, a general introduction that addresses the development of Matisse's aesthetic values and theories, and a critical introduction for each text.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
Preface	xv
Introduction: A Life in Words and Pictures	1	(24)
A Note on the Texts	25	(2)
Interview with Guillaume Apollinaire, 1907	27	(3)
Notes of a Painter, 1908	30	(13)
Statement on Photography, 1908	43	(1)
Sarah Stein's Notes, 1908	44	(8)
Interview with Charles Estienne, 1909	52	(4)
Interview with J. Sacs, 1910	56	(4)
Interview with Ernst Goldschmidt, 1911	60	(4)
Interview with Clara T. MacChesney, 1912	64	(6)
Visit by Robert Rey, 1913	70	(3)
Interview with Ragnar Hoppe, 1919	73	(5)
Interview with Jacques Guenne, 1925	78	(5)
Statement to Teriade: On Fauvism and Color, 1929	83	(4)
Statement to Teriade: On Travel, 1930	87	(6)
Statement to Teriade: Around a Retrospective, 1931	93	(4)
Interview with Gotthard Jedlicka, 1931	97	(7)
Interview with Pierre Courthion, 1931	104	(2)
Statement to Teriade: On Creativity, 1933	106	(1)
Interview with Dorothy Dudley, 1933	107	(6)
Letters to Alexander Romm, 1934	113	(5)
On Modernism and Tradition, 1935	118	(4)
Statements to Teriade: On the Purity of the Means, 1936	122	(2)
On Cezanne's ``Three Bathers,'' 1936	124	(1)
Divagations, 1937	125	(2)
Henry de Montherlant: Listening to Matisse, 1938	127	(2)
Notes of a Painter on his Drawing, 1939	129	(3)
Interview with Francis Carco, 1941	132	(10)
On Transformations, 1942	142	(1)
Matisse's Radio Interviews, 1942	143	(5)
Conversations with Louis Aragon: On Signs, 1942	148	(3)
Interview with Marguette Bouvier, 1944	151	(3)
The Role and Modalities of Color, 1945	154	(3)
Observations on Painting, 1945	157	(2)
Interview with Leon Degand, 1945	159	(6)
Black is a Color, 1946	165	(1)
How I made my Books, 1946	166	(3)
Oceania, 1946	169	(1)
Jazz, 1947	169	(6)
Interview with Andre Marchand: The Eye, 1947	175	(2)
The Path of Color, 1947	177	(2)
Exactitude is not Truth, 1947	179	(2)
Letter to Henry Clifford, 1948	181	(3)
Interview with R. W. Howe, 1949	184	(3)
Henri Matisse Speaks to You, 1950	187	(2)
Interview with Georges Charbonnier, 1950	189	(6)
The Text: Preface to the Tokyo Exhibition, 1951	195	(1)
The Chapel of the Rosary, 1951	196	(1)
The Chapel of the Rosary: On the Murals and Windows, 1951	197	(2)
Statements to Teriade: Matisse Speaks, 1951	199	(8)
Testimonial, 1951	207	(2)
Interview with Andre Verdet, 1952	209	(8)
Looking at Life with the Eyes of a Child, 1953	217	(2)
Portraits, 1954	219	(6)
Chronology	225	(12)
Appendix (Selected French Texts: 2, 12, 25, 31, 37, 49, 51)	237	(16)
Notes	253	(52)
Bibliography	305	(10)
Index	315